Measurements of phase retardation and principal axis angle using an electro-optic modulated Mach-Zehnder interferometer

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 704-720

  Lee, S Y ^a   Lin, J F ^b   Lo, Y L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FAR EAST UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Birefringence; EO modulator; Mach Zehnder heterodyne interferometer; Polarization; Retardation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIREFRINGENCE; CALIBRATION; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; ERROR ANALYSIS; HETERODYNING; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS;

IMAGING FIELDS; MULTI-CHANNEL DETECTION; PARTIAL REFLECTION; RETARDATION;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 13844280400     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2004.09.011     Document Type: Article

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